A defense attorney who has since been disbarred prejudiced his absent client when he referred to him as a “Negro”
before potential jurors, a judge wrote, but the offending word wasn’t enough for the Court of Appeals to grant post-conviction
relief.

A man convicted of incest for a consensual sexual relationship with his biological aunt couldn’t persuade the Indiana
Court of Appeals that he was entitled to post-conviction relief. The man claimed ineffective assistance of counsel for failing
to argue in his defense that the man’s aunt was older than 31.

The Indiana Supreme Court will allow a convicted felon to bring his case for post-conviction relief back to court to be heard
on the merits after finding that his motion for relief was filed in a timely manner, despite a seven-year delay.

The Indiana Court of Appeals found Monday that a Washington County timber buyer failed to prove that he was not guilty of
illegally purchasing timber and, thus, is not entitled to post-conviction relief.

The Indiana Court of Appeals will not reverse a decision to deny a man’s petition for post-conviction relief after he
was convicted of three counts of felony robbery, despite his argument that the third charge of felony robbery was added against
him in an untimely manner.

An Illinois man must first exhaust all his options in court before Indiana Gov. Mike Pence will consider a pardon for a robbery
the man says he didn't commit, an attorney for the Republican vice presidential candidate said.

A longtime criminal who was convicted of violating his parole on an attempted robbery sentence was deprived a hearing on a
corrected record and therefore is entitled to post-conviction relief, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday.

Jerry Sandusky took the stand Friday to forcefully deny the child molestation charges he was convicted of four years ago and
said it wasn't his idea to waive his right to testify during his 2012 trial.

A man convicted of killing a female co-worker whose skeletal remains were found in a Johnson County marsh was denied an opportunity
to use the court record to plead his counsel was ineffective as he sought post-conviction relief, the Indiana Court of Appeals
ruled Friday.

Because the post-conviction court denied an inmate’s petition for credit time without considering whether he had exhausted
administrative remedies, the Indiana Court of Appeals sent the case back for reconsideration.

The Indiana Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a man’s post-conviction relief petition after it found any ineffectiveness
of counsel the man received did not affect the outcome of his case in his decision to plead guilty to Class A felony neglect
of a dependent.

The Indiana Supreme Court ruled in a per curiam decision a man who pleaded guilty to two counts of murder among other charges
can file a belated notice of appeal after the justices found “unique circumstances” in his case that did not allow
him to file an appeal of his sentence when it was decided in 1987.

The Indiana Court of Appeals remanded a man’s petition for habeas corpus and ordered the trial court to dismiss his
claims after the judges said he improperly filed his petition without permission from the court.

The Indiana Court of Appeals reversed the grant of the state’s motion for summary denial of man’s request for
post-conviction relief because his case was not forwarded to the State Public Defender’s Office.

Two typewritten letters and handwritten notes between a now-deceased defense attorney and a former prosecutor have divided
the Indiana Court of Appeals over whether a plea agreement had actually been negotiated.

A man ticketed for a traffic violation and speeding is not entitled to post-conviction relief or relief from judgment, the
Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Monday. Post-conviction relief is only available when someone has committed a crime.

For the fourth time, a northern Indiana man’s appeal of his death sentence for four murders has come before the 7th
Circuit Court of Appeals. This time, the judges affirmed the denial of his writ for habeas corpus.